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War in Ukraine
Russia declared war against Ukraine on Feb. 24., 2022. Before, during and after the military campaign began, the CyberScoop staff has been tracking the cyber dimensions of the conflict.
Russia declared war against Ukraine on Feb. 24. Before, during and after the military campaign began, the CyberScoop staff has been tracking the cyber dimensions of the conflict.
Keeping Ukraine’s grid up and running amid war; Snowflake customers under attack
Taras Vasyliv, Head of the Dispatching Control Systems Department at the NPC Ukrenergo, and Joe Marshall, Security Researcher at Cisco Talos Intelligence Group
A year after Russia’s invasion, the scope of cyberwar in Ukraine comes into focus
The Ukraine war has inspired a defensive cyber effort that government officials and technology executives describe as unprecedented.
GitHub disables pro-Russian hacktivist DDoS pages
NoName057 used the software development platform to carry out DDoS attacks on targets in a variety of NATO nations.
Notorious Russian hacking group appears to resurface with fresh cyberattacks on Ukraine
The group’s first known activity in Ukraine after Russia’s invasion registered dormant domains in order to obscure their attacks.
Russian hackers attempted to breach petroleum refining company in NATO country, researchers say
The Russian hacking group Trident Ursa is mostly known for phishing campaigns targeting organizations in NATO states.
NSA cyber director warns of Russian digital assaults on global energy sector
The agency’s cyber director, Rob Joyce, also said he’s worried that TikTok has the ability to conduct ‘large scale influence.’
White House cyber official advocates nimbler NATO to confront digital threats
White House official Anne Neuberger met with NATO officials in Rome to help craft plans to more rapidly respond to cyberthreats.
Notorious Russian military hacking crew behind October ransomware attacks on Ukraine, Poland
Researchers at Microsoft said a ransomware attack on transportation and logistics companies was the work of Russian military intelligence
NSA cyber chief says Ukraine war is compelling more intelligence sharing with industry
Rob Joyce, head of the NSA Cybersecurity Directorate, said “what we know is often not sensitive, it is how we know it.”
Dmitri Alperovitch on Taiwan, China and Putin’s probing cyberattacks
The former CrowdStrike executive and co-founder of Silverado Policy Accelerator says Americans need to understand Taiwan’s strategic value.